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I would say a person who is very emotionally expressive and demonstrative. They generally come right out with what they think in any discussion, no holds barred. They get very passionately involved in telling a story or debating an issue. They might be very ambitious and goal driven but not necessarily. Whatever it is they are into, at the moment they are, it is with 100% of themselves!

I’m told I ‘think too much” sometimes by a friend. I think it is their way of saying, “I don’t want to deal with this.” I agree with @augustlan, this could also be true of someone calling someone else “intense.” Basically, I think it means that one sees and feels things deeply and is inclined to be serious about life and emotions.

I come from a family of intense people. We dive into most topics in an extreme way (depth and breadth). Some of us can get passionately sad, mad or happy. Life is never dull or boring.

Intensity is related to sensitivity. When your senses pick things up as “too” as in: too bright, too loud, too rough etc. it becomes a challenge to reign those reactions in and respond appropriately. That is a learned life skill.

My mind runs at high speeds all the time. My life’s work, it seems, is to figure out ways to give myself a break though meditation, yoga, targeted activities etc.

I have passed this characteristic on to my kids. I’ve learned a lot about myself through raising them.

And my most intense child is intensely silly. You can’t shut intensity off all you can do is learn to hide it.

I’ve always been known as intense… I think it means that I’m a deep thinker… (that’s what I choose to interpret it as anyway…) and would quite happily consciously or sub-consciously think deeply about any given subject